What a cast!
James Keach + Stacey Keach
Dennis Quaid + Randy Quaid
David Carradine, Keith Carradine and Robert Carradine
Christopher Guest + Nicholas Guest
All siblings playing siblings in this retelling of the James Gang and the Younger Gang. Director Walter Hill’s graphic western is a little more down and dirty than the traditional ones. Hill has made some great films over the years: The Warriors, 48 Hours and my personal favorite, Southern Comfort. I like the realism of the locations - this isn’t a back lot production. It is very violent and taudry. The story unfolds dramatically and the acting is exceptional but what the movie lacks is real tension. It’s a bit passionless, almost as if they couldn’t decide if these were good guys or bad guys, heroes or antiheroes.
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